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UNESCO MacBridge Commission History, Aim, Purpose, Achievements
UNESCO MacBridge Commission HIstory, Chairperson, Aim, Objectives, Features, Purpose, Achievements
The International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems was set up in 1977 by the director of UNESCO Ahamdou Matar M' Bow under suggestion by the USA delegation.
A major contribution to that discussion was a UNESCO publication, "Many Voice One World". This was the report of UNESCO's International Commission for the Communication problem. The Commission is often known as the McBride Commission, after its chairperson, Sean MacBride.
UNESCO McBridge aim was to analyze communication problems in modern societies, particularly relating to mass media and news, consider the emergence of new technologies, and to suggest a kind of communication order to diminish these problems to further peace and human development.
The McBridge Commission Program states that it exists to strengthen the means of mass communication in developing countries, by increasing technical and human resources for the media, by developing community media and by modernising news agencies and broadcasting organizations.
Sean McBride was Irish Minister for External Affairs when the Council of Europe was drafting the European Convention on Human Rights and is credited with being a key force in securing the acceptance of this convention.
He was President of the International Board of Amnesty International for 14 years, and Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists for seven.
He was also elected Chair (1968-1974) and later President(1974-1985) of the International Peace Bureau.
